Ed — I gasped when I read your haiku, saw/felt the kite rise and simultaneously the feeling of both father and boy in that letting go and setting free. A great haiku moment for me. Thank you for evoking it! River
Good one, Ed. Reminds me of how I felt when I saw the Blue Angels fly for the very first time. They slipped the bonds of earth and I felt as though I did the same. That’s the good thing about haiku. It reminds you of something in the past.
solitary duck
angling upward …
dark cloud on the horizon
the last goodbye
as she losens her grasp
everybody lost in her silence
Ed — I gasped when I read your haiku, saw/felt the kite rise and simultaneously the feeling of both father and boy in that letting go and setting free. A great haiku moment for me. Thank you for evoking it! River
Good one, Ed. Reminds me of how I felt when I saw the Blue Angels fly for the very first time. They slipped the bonds of earth and I felt as though I did the same. That’s the good thing about haiku. It reminds you of something in the past.
wonderful haiku moment
treasured balloon
released by child
cloudless day
Airy battle –
two boys keep hardly a tight rein
on a poor kite
I like these haikus a lot. Please give more of the same. I am stimulated to try one myslef:(its bad though):
A time-worn leaf
From a gray-haired tree
Falls with a thud!
I read your haiku title and and was interested as I wrote a father/son/kite one too a few years ago. Here’s mine:
KITES HIGH OVERHEAD
NEWSPAPER WITH WOODEN SPINES–
FATHER AND SON TEAM
I have a few more on my website
Thanks Ed for this Haiku Moment.
multi-coloured
ocean of kites with
a rainbow on the sky~
far above
the eagle’s airy way
the human kite~
free from all fetters
a solitary kite flys into
the infinite sky~
crumple kite
on the ground —
father and son, hand-in-hand
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